This showed up on my recommendation & gosh. Does anyone remember when the sims used to be fun, cheeky with humor & had actual gameplay depth ? https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=t9u1zMCos8wI remember showing this to my mom when I was 10 because I was excited for sims 2 & wanted it for my birthday. I was even surprised she was okay with it lol. This is what I miss about the sims. Sims 4 has truly been out of touch for a long time. Not only with its fan base but with what made the previous game’s fun & had true gameplay value. It was a game that all types of players can find fun in. We have more packs in the sims 4 then any other title & somehow it still feels lackluster. Where’s the fun & humor now? How did sims 4 become so childish? How did we go from the old school sims to marketing on a kids YouTube channel for Star Wars Batuu ? Heck, look at all the little details we used to have back in the day. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=LlWEvlW9jbYI just don’t understand how the community has accepted what the sims 4 has become. I’m afraid of what sims 5 might turn out to be. I will always love the franchise, but I don’t love it like I used to.

That trailer is fun but many of the funny animations depicted weren't actually included in the game.

"crocobaura;c-17661823" wrote:That trailer is fun but many of the funny animations depicted weren't actually included in the game. Ofcourse but still had more gameplay value & depth then the sims 4. It was also really fun. But When you compare the sims 4 to its other titles, the sims 4 is just there. Nothing really great or memorable about it other then the CAS & BB. It’s more aesthetic. I would play for hours & the game was always unpredictable. Can’t say the same for sims 4. Also, some of the animations shown in the trailer were implemented. If your kid had his playfulness skill high, they would do animations on the fridge by swinging from the doors & slamming it. They would rock their chairs back and forth, and do other animations. There’s a few videos on YouTube about it too.

"crocobaura;c-17661823" wrote:That trailer is fun but many of the funny animations depicted weren't actually included in the game. SIms 2 was objectively the best Sims game to date. Most options, most detailed and for it's time the best graphics.Sims 3 started the decline: a lot of things sacrificed so the game could handle an open world. But still far more detailed than Sims 4.Sims 4 was purposfully built on an engine optimized for online multiplayer and nothing else. You have to remember that the reason why we didn't have pools had nothing to do with pools. The game engine literally could not create basements. Hence, by definitions, no pools since they were you know, below ground level. They actually released a game called "Sims" that had an engine they knew lacked the very ability to make basements. And thought that was acceptable.

That trailer was amazing! Funny how back then, we accepted it as a trailer and almost none of that was in the game and it we love it! Fast forward to 2020 and if they show one tiny thing... we rip them to pieces and condemn them for the audacity of "false advertising". Maybe it's because we get less bang for our buck now so we're salty, but we definitely don't look at things the same anymore.

One thing I love about The Sims 2 development was that developers tried a lot of different things in the beta version like the rain that was suppose to be in the base game as well as the fame aspiration which was replaced with popularity However they have failed but at least they tried to get creative with it. I even heard they attempted to see your sims going to work but that would have been so demanding for a 2004 game.The Sims 4 removed toddlers and pools since released because "they want to focus more in depth personalities on the sims themselves" which was a shame because there really wasn't any unique in depth personalities or did they even do it at all?Wish TS4 team have more creativity in the DLCs or the possible TS5 in the future

Blast from the past. What the sims used to be.

crocobaura
Seasoned Ace
5 years ago
That trailer is fun but many of the funny animations depicted weren't actually included in the game.
oddRebelisaac13
5 years ago
"crocobaura;c-17661823" wrote:
That trailer is fun but many of the funny animations depicted weren't actually included in the game.

Ofcourse but still had more gameplay value & depth then the sims 4. It was also really fun. But When you compare the sims 4 to its other titles, the sims 4 is just there. Nothing really great or memorable about it other then the CAS & BB. It’s more aesthetic. I would play for hours & the game was always unpredictable. Can’t say the same for sims 4. Also, some of the animations shown in the trailer were implemented. If your kid had his playfulness skill high, they would do animations on the fridge by swinging from the doors & slamming it. They would rock their chairs back and forth, and do other animations. There’s a few videos on YouTube about it too.
Beardedgeek72
New Spectator
5 years ago
"crocobaura;c-17661823" wrote:
That trailer is fun but many of the funny animations depicted weren't actually included in the game.

SIms 2 was objectively the best Sims game to date. Most options, most detailed and for it's time the best graphics.
Sims 3 started the decline: a lot of things sacrificed so the game could handle an open world. But still far more detailed than Sims 4.

Sims 4 was purposfully built on an engine optimized for online multiplayer and nothing else.
You have to remember that the reason why we didn't have pools had nothing to do with pools. The game engine literally could not create basements. Hence, by definitions, no pools since they were you know, below ground level. They actually released a game called "Sims" that had an engine they knew lacked the very ability to make basements. And thought that was acceptable.
Peapod79
New Spectator
5 years ago
That trailer was amazing!

Funny how back then, we accepted it as a trailer and almost none of that was in the game and it we love it! Fast forward to 2020 and if they show one tiny thing... we rip them to pieces and condemn them for the audacity of "false advertising". Maybe it's because we get less bang for our buck now so we're salty, but we definitely don't look at things the same anymore.
FlyingPotato659
5 years ago
One thing I love about The Sims 2 development was that developers tried a lot of different things in the beta version like the rain that was suppose to be in the base game as well as the fame aspiration which was replaced with popularity However they have failed but at least they tried to get creative with it. I even heard they attempted to see your sims going to work but that would have been so demanding for a 2004 game.

The Sims 4 removed toddlers and pools since released because "they want to focus more in depth personalities on the sims themselves" which was a shame because there really wasn't any unique in depth personalities or did they even do it at all?

Wish TS4 team have more creativity in the DLCs or the possible TS5 in the future
FlyingPotato659
5 years ago
"crocobaura;c-17661823" wrote:
That trailer is fun but many of the funny animations depicted weren't actually included in the game.

It was the same for newer game trailers

https://youtu.be/pQjzyPYovdU

https://youtu.be/sOPo5OUVgtM
SimmerGeorge
5 years ago
This is what my dream game looks like and I wish technology was good enough back when the Sims 2 came out to make it. I would buy this if it was the Sims 5. This is the absurdity of life I want to play with again, not the superficial, perfect life thing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUc_VDWRAQo&t=44s
oddRebelisaac13
5 years ago
"Beardedgeek;c-17661857" wrote:
"crocobaura;c-17661823" wrote:
That trailer is fun but many of the funny animations depicted weren't actually included in the game.

SIms 2 was objectively the best Sims game to date. Most options, most detailed and for it's time the best graphics.
Sims 3 started the decline: a lot of things sacrificed so the game could handle an open world. But still far more detailed than Sims 4.

Sims 4 was purposfully built on an engine optimized for online multiplayer and nothing else.
You have to remember that the reason why we didn't have pools had nothing to do with pools. The game engine literally could not create basements. Hence, by definitions, no pools since they were you know, below ground level. They actually released a game called "Sims" that had an engine they knew lacked the very ability to make basements. And thought that was acceptable.

That’s where the team did wrong. Purposely giving the fan base a game without those things until years later when people voiced their disappointment. Look how long it’s finally taken for skin tones to be addressed? Some people think the gurus are their friends or care about the community but they’re wrong. There’s not a lot to be proud of with the sims 4 when it’s taken so long to even get the simple things that were already in the base game of the previous games.
oddRebelisaac13
5 years ago
"Camkat;c-17661859" wrote:
That trailer was amazing!

Funny how back then, we accepted it as a trailer and almost none of that was in the game and it we love it! Fast forward to 2020 and if they show one tiny thing... we rip them to pieces and condemn them for the audacity of "false advertising". Maybe it's because we get less bang for our buck now so we're salty, but we definitely don't look at things the same anymore.

When you compare sims 3 ambitious & sims 4 get to work, you did get more bang for your buck. In sims 3 we had salons, tattoos, detective , fire fighter , laundry , bake sales, new aspirations & traits, & a bunch of other things that’s actually too long to mention here. Sims 4 we only had 3 main careers & retail. That’s why I don’t understand how the community has gone to accept that. & you can’t say anything to the gurus without them trying to make some excuse or simmers trying to defend them . But there’s literally no excuse for any of it.

Here’s a comparison of Sims 3 ambitions & Sims 4 get to work.

https://sims.fandom.com/wiki/Comparison_between_work_themed_expansions
oddRebelisaac13
5 years ago
"Finbar659;c-17661867" wrote:
One thing I love about The Sims 2 development was that developers tried a lot of different things in the beta version like the rain that was suppose to be in the base game as well as the fame aspiration which was replaced with popularity However they have failed but at least they tried to get creative with it. I even heard they attempted to see your sims going to work but that would have been so demanding for a 2004 game.

The Sims 4 removed toddlers and pools since released because "they want to focus more in depth personalities on the sims themselves" which was a shame because there really wasn't any unique in depth personalities or did they even do it at all?

Wish TS4 team have more creativity in the DLCs or the possible TS5 in the future

Creativity from the development team is what’s missing . I remember too when they first showed us rain & earthquakes for sims 2 while it was in development . I was excited for it but it didn’t make it to the game because they had lost the files or something in the studio.

As for focusing more on depth personalities, where is it? They sacrificed toddlers & pools for it but we have yet to see the results. All the sims in the game currently act the same & there’s nothing unique or special about them.

Edited: look here it is . They even had nice idle animations too. Unlike in sims 4 where you always smile & look like a maniac.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=VKs75DgbNl0